EPISODE · Jun 28, 2026 · 15 MIN
Freya Daly Sadgrove's poetry becomes fresh new TV show, Head Girl
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Freya Daly Sadgrove's poetry collection Head Girl, raw, confessional and filled with swearing, has been adapted into a new TV drama on Three, following three estranged friends navigating their twenties in Wellington. Freya was involved in early writers' room sessions but largely watched from the sidelines as her own work was reshaped by other people's hands. She describes the experience as bizarrely healing, like feeling empathy for a past version of herself. She joins Culture 101 to talk about the four-year journey from page to screen, and why she thinks Wellington deserves billing as the show's fourth character.
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Freya Daly Sadgrove's poetry collection Head Girl, raw, confessional and filled with swearing, has been adapted into a new TV drama on Three, following three estranged friends navigating their twenties in Wellington. Freya was involved in early writers' room sessions but largely watched from the sidelines as her own work was reshaped by other people's hands. She describes the experience as bizarrely healing, like feeling empathy for a past version of herself. She joins Culture 101 to talk about the four-year journey from page to screen, and why she thinks Wellington deserves billing as the show's fourth character.
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Freya Daly Sadgrove's poetry becomes fresh new TV show, Head Girl
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